. The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise and progress, industrial growth, and appalling flood on May 31st, 1889 . ,^. r\ •«-i3f ( T^ - «> -^ ,>^^ .r<^ habitants, who had just been annexed to the new countv of Somerset, plannin-for a separate judicial organization. Their dream was fulfilled bv the Act oiMarch 26th. 1604. which detached 670 square miles from Huntingdon andSomerset for this purpose. The spirit of progress had borne fruit, andthencefortli on the map oi ienns wide domain u as to be inscribed the name ofCambri.\ CoU-NTV. EARLY SETTLEMENT. Genekai, Campbells
. The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise and progress, industrial growth, and appalling flood on May 31st, 1889 . ,^. r\ •«-i3f ( T^ - «> -^ ,>^^ .r<^ habitants, who had just been annexed to the new countv of Somerset, plannin-for a separate judicial organization. Their dream was fulfilled bv the Act oiMarch 26th. 1604. which detached 670 square miles from Huntingdon andSomerset for this purpose. The spirit of progress had borne fruit, andthencefortli on the map oi ienns wide domain u as to be inscribed the name ofCambri.\ CoU-NTV. EARLY SETTLEMENT. Genekai, Campbells Applicatk-jn — Original Sir\ tv of the Site of the ComingMetropolis—Fac-Simile of the Retcen tu the Land Office — Transfers andChanges of Property—Duplicate of the First Patent — Arrival of JosephJohns — Points in the Life of the Founder of the Town — Removal to theCountry—His Death and Burial—Laid to Rest in a Secludld Nook—AboriginalRemains — Pioneers or Civilization — Hopes and JOHNSTO vevor-Genera returning; the A Draas^ht t kp-i^i I RIL 3rd, 1769, is a date never to be forgottenbv residents of Cambria county. On thatdav General Charles Campbell, of Philadel-phia, filed an application in theLand Office,at Harrisbury. for a lot that was to becomethe birthplace of a prosperous quaint old book recording the transac-tion spells the name •Campble, and in-dexes the order as No. 1683. The tract layat the junction of two streams, to \\ liich thenames of Little Conemaugh Ki\er and StonyCreek had been given. United they formedthe Big Coneinaugh. though all three wereonce included in the coniprehensi\e titleof Kiskiminetas River, into which theyemptied. Thomas Smitli, deput\- of Sur- 1 John Lukens, surveyed Campbell and adjoining properties, former to tiie Land Office in these words : if a Tract of Land Conemaugh Old Town ; situntc on the East side of N FIFTY YEA EARLY SKTTLEMEXT. Conemauph Creek, at the Mouth of
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